Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[janet88]

Hi Ladies,

I got the sore throat and blocked nose from my kids...knew I won't be able to 'escape' it bcos of the close contact.

Yes, it's more important to look forward and focus on the weak areas and REMIND the child that those careless mistakes caused him to lose crucial marks. What you can do is to calculate those careless mistakes with the child and show him/she that the total marks could have been higher. My aunt taught me to do that. My son was like 'stupid me. I could have scored higher marks'. :stupid:

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janet_lee88:

Hi Ladies,

I got the sore throat and blocked nose from my kids...knew I won't be able to 'escape' it bcos of the close contact.

Yes, it's more important to look forward and focus on the weak areas and REMIND the child that those careless mistakes caused him to lose crucial marks. What you can do is to calculate those careless mistakes with the child and show him/she that the total marks could have been higher. My aunt taught me to do that. My son was like 'stupid me. I could have scored higher marks'. :stupid:

Take care, Janet. Focus on the well-being on the child, not results. It's a reminder from my husband. My previous job hazards do hv an effect on me to be result-oriented. :oops: My girl had done well, I hv to learn to accept that mistakes, careless or not, will be made somehow. Most importantly, try not to repeat them. Calculating the mistakes she made may put her off and take away the joy of learning. She may become competitive. I still want her to enjoy her childhood. Quoting IJJ, they still have a long way to go.

[janet88]

Hi E3,

Yes, education is a very long journey. I’m always reminded of this.
So it’s more important to run slow & steady than to get ‘burnt’ and the child is uninterested to go that extra mile at P6.

[donkey]

IJJ:

Jennifer:

[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]my throat is so painful, and my nose is so blocked. :stupid:

Take care.

I hv to remind myself not to raise my voice at him :stupid:

Chill, ladies! Its only CA1, a small percentage, still can catch up in SAs.

My child did not do as well as last year. She topped her class for EL last year SA2 and now, she scored even less than Jennifer's son, and I am cool about it. :lol: Careless mistakes and genuine ones that she does not know. Its alright. I took it tat CA is a great chance for me to let go and see how she coped. I 90% let go, even nagged 90% less, not entirely volunteerily on my part tho, just too tied up. If the child does well, great, if not, its only a small percentage. Scoring 70 and 90 only makes 2% difference in the overall 100% for the year. Anyway, most importantly, I want her to learn to be more independent and more self-disciplined. Frankly, even tho she did not score as well, wow...her handwritings improved, tat is a good effort during exam I thot. No more doc's handwriting. She looks like she is quite determined to do better next exam as she did admit that she could have spent more time practising and revising instead of watching movies and reading books(tons of them).

Well, its only primary 3 and 4, still a long way to go. [/quote]i discover that those children spent more time in watching movies and reading books score better in their language. Think i should change my concept. Let them read and read more story books. anybody disagree here?

[janet88]

Donkey,

Reading lots of story books will help them write better compos…at least they have more imagination.

[donkey]

E3:

Jennifer:

From what he told me, the teacher has not taught how to read graphs. Anyway, I find the graph does not depict the levels correctly too. Just very surprised at the qn. There was another qn asking whether a tree with a bird's nest fern on it will grow as well as other trees. This qn is subsequently cancelled after the paper is marked. Irregardless whether the pupil ans correctly or not, everyone gets 1 point. :?

Can imagine your :x . I hate it when setters and vetters are not vigilant in checking their exam papers. Looks like my fears are materializing for the standard of science in Pei Hwa...
[quote]I asked my elder boy whether workings should be done for section B MA paper. He told me have to. I don't hv the mock paper with me now. Going to check with the teacher at the PTM.

It is not compulsory, but encouraged for section B as side workings will not be taken into consideration if the answers in the answer spaces are correct. However, working out the answers will help in his thought-process. If he presented his workings, it would be easier to trace his problems/misconceptions if he gets the answers wrong. [/quote][/quote]

just wonder... i got feedback from my relative that the same question was tested on two kids in P6 . One from Pr school in woodlands , the other from PH. The question is: when two objects with the different mass fall from the the same height, which one will land first. The correct ans came from the Pr school in Woodlands. PH kid commented that teacher never teach.
So after hearing about the Science subjects issue in this forum, is it true that the Science teachers in PH are not so good as compare to other school? no offence here. Just want to get more information and opinion...cheers..

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janet_lee88:

Donkey,

Reading lots of story books will help them write better compos...at least they have more imagination.

Fully agree with the reading part. As for watching movies, I guess it's subjective. I am quite selective on the programmes she watches. She is not really a TV girl. She reads the subtitles all the time when she watches mandarin shows which I think does help in her understanding.

[janet88]

Donkey,

Sorry can’t help you yet…son wasn’t tested for Mass in his CA1.
Some teachers are more experienced and keen to make lessons interesting.

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janet_lee88:

Donkey,

Sorry can't help you yet...son wasn't tested for Mass in his CA1.
Some teachers are more experienced and keen to make lessons interesting.

tested for Mass? Catholic school?

[janet88]

E3,

My son also reads the subtitles and loves to watch TVB shows…esp those only CID, forensic shows. I let him watch…much better than those Taiwanese love love shows. HaHaHa